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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 15 January 2013.

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Photo of Meg Hillier Meg Hillier Labour, Hackney South and Shoreditch 11:30, 15 January 2013

Penalties on readmission rates were introduced to improve clinical practice, but patients suffering from sickle cell and thalassaemia in my constituency and elsewhere cause hospitals to be fined for readmission, even though it is often in the patient’s best clinical interest. Will the Minister once again reconsider exempting sickle cell and thalassaemia from the penalty?